Written by Siti Lailatul Hajar (Bintang Sahara) on Jumat, 19 April 2013 at 16.56

Analysis on Sonnet

Sonnet
to My Mother

By: George
Barker

Most near, most dear, most loved, and most far,
Under the huge window where I often found her
Sitting as huge as Asia, seismic with laughter,

Gin and chicken helpless in her Irish hand,Irresistible as Rabelais but most
tender for
The lame dogs and hurt birds that surround her,—
She is a procession no one can follow after
But be like a little dog following a brass band.

She will not glance up at the bomber or condescend
To drop her gin and scuttle to a cellar,
But lean on the mahogany table like a mountain
Whom only faith can move, and so I send
O all her faith and all my love to tell her
That she will move from mourning into morning.

A
Mother in Goerge Barker’s Sonnet

By:
Siti Lailatul Hajar

Sonnet
has 14 lines long and has a firmly fixed form. The sonnet works best for
expressing strong emotion or intense feeling, firm purpose, or great
seriousness. This form works best if you want to focus attention on a single
thing—a particular idea, situation, emotion, problem, observation, etc. — the
sonnet gets to its point quickly and efficiently, with beauty and charm of form
or expression. Sonnet to my mother is Italian sonnets. It has two distinct
sections. The first eight lines, called the octave, generally follow the rhyme
scheme: abba abba. The second is formed by the last six lines, the sestet,
usually has more flexibility in rhyme schemes, though the most common ones are:
cdcdcd; cddcdc; cdecde; cdeced; or cdcedc. Very rarely does the Italian sonnet
end in a couplet (as do English sonnets): ee. In this sonnet, the writer
attempts to express his idea about his mother. In the first stanza, he
introduces the mother and how the relationship between the character and the
mother, while in the second stanza, the writer introduces conflict. The
conflict is about the war using bomb and the strength of mother to face the war
that makes the mother died. To make it easy, I am going to analyze this sonnet
in the two section, octave and sestet.

First of all, I am going to analyze
on the octave line by line. This sonnet
is to mother. It appears from the title of the sonnet itself, “sonnet to my mother”. Thus, the object of this sonnet belongs to woman.
You may see in the second, fourth, and sixth line using pronoun “her”. It
refers to Mother. Besides, in the
first line of the sestet, it is found pronoun “she” and “her” again. Jumping
into first line, the writer gives information without mentioning the subject. The
sonnet is directly opened by sentence Most
near, most dear, most loved, and most far. It means that the character –I-
feels that the mother is the closest, the
most loveable, and the furthest person to him. This line shows
the character’slove and admiration for
his mother, however the character feels far from the mother. No reason states
there. It maybe because of the distance or the death of the mother. The
character –I- usually see her beneath
the big window. In my interpretation, huge window is not the real window. I
think the character see the mother as huge window. According to Collins: 2007,
the meaning of window is a space in the wall of a building or in
the side of a vehicle, which has glass in it so that light can come in and you
can see out. By this meaning reveals that the character may see the world from
the mother, moreover see in huge window. The light in life and knowledge to
look the world are open wider from the mother.

Afterwards, the character found the
mother sits as huge as Asia. Asia is a big continent. It has all things people
need. “Sitting as huge as Asia” may refer to the calmness, wisdom and the
completeness of the mother in Barker’s sonnet. Suddenly, the mother is laughing because of fun or happiness. In the next
line, Barker states ‘Gin and chicken helpless in her Irish
hand’. I interpret this line that the mother believed that no lasting
happiness, it is just temporary happiness. As an Ireland person, the mother
does not have much hope in getting happiness. I analyze gin and chicken as the
happiness.She is weak to control or
protect herself. Then, Barker compares her desire is like Rabelais, Renaissance
humanist, but she is very
gentle and caring for the crippled dogs and injured birds that around her. The
mother is very care to other people, especially to weak people. Till, nobody can
do as she does, but they are like a little dog which is moving along behind a brass
band, which always follow whatever the mother does.

In the next analyzing is in the
sestet. This three first line from the sestet reveals the bravery of the
mother. The mother will never look slightly to the bomber or war, but she will
put the happiness to face the war. She is not going to run away from the war or
go to cellar to hide herself, keep safety for herself only. Whatever and
however, war must be faced. The choices are two, death because of struggle and
fight or give up before fighting. “But lean on the mahogany table like a
mountain” shows the obstinancy and strength of the mother to face the bomb.
Mahogany is symbol of strength and endurance. Mahogany is known to be a rare
and very expensive species of wood that has been used to construct fine
furniture for hundreds of years. Mahogany is said to have strong protective
qualities and is known for its ability to withstand even lightening strikes. Besides,
mountain means the conviction to do something. Nothing can change her belief.
Unfortunately, in the next line, I see that the mother is died because of the
war. That is appeared in the sentence “I send O all her faith and all my love
to tell her”. although the mother died in the war –bad condition-, the
character believe that the mother is going to be happy in her new nature. She
will not face war anymore in the grave.

In short, this sonnet tells about
mother, tells about the great love of the character to the mother and tells
about the bravery and finally the death of the mother in the war.

Written by Siti Lailatul Hajar (Bintang Sahara) on Senin, 15 April 2013 at 14.37

Public Speaking

ANGER
BRINGS ON DEATH

By:
Siti Lailatul Hajar

Ladies
and Gentleman. Happy Audience…

Before
talking my topic today, I am going to tell you one IMPORTANT fact must YOU
know.

Medical
and psychological research has shown that no matter how much you exercise or
eat correctly, you are putting yourself at risk if you do not manage your
anger. Anger causes a widespread negative effect on the body. Therefore, your
nutritious food and your exercise are nothing if you can not handle your anger.
Anger determines your continuance life.

THERE
IS A STORY. Nearly 25 years ago, a man of about 50 years old collapsed and died
miserably.What was the cause of his
death? He was engaged in a heated argument with another person who had provoked
him. The argument became so aggressive that he ignored all attempts by others
to CALM him down. As the verbal aggression gathered momentum, his lips began
trembling and his words dragging as those of a DIFFICULT to SPEAK. Then,
suddenly he collapsed, became unconscious and later died while being rushed to
the hospital. What a TRAGIC result of anger!

There
are SO MANY various provoking situations in YOUR life—maybe at YOUR home, at
school, at the workplace, in the market, in the street, at the hospital, and
ANY other areas, can happen any time. It may cause your anger and finally cause
died.

So,
today, I want to talk to you about ANGER. First of all, I am going to look at
some of the reasons why people easy to be angry and of course the effect. And after that, I am going to give you all how
to control your anger. Finally, you can determine to be angry or NOT.

Almost a third
of people polled (32%) say they have a close friend or family member who has
trouble controlling their anger. It is not easy controlling anger.

Why
does ANGER Happen? It’s because of Serious Problem, Not patient facing
something, The reality as NOT as what expected, Annoyed of something or someone
à
e.g. promise not come OR Heated argument, and so on.

If
you face one of ALL that situations, it may cause you to be angry. Then, the
BAD effect also brings through your ANGER…

SO,
What are the Effects of ANGER?

1.Wrinkled appear in YOUR face

Emotions
directly affect the FACIAL MUSCLES and cause them to respond by changing the
depth, size, shape and position of deep wrinkles. When you are angry,
you fold your face and make YOUR elasticity of your skin will be lose. Then, it
may create unwanted marks later on, like wrinkles and furrows. This can be easily
detected at the forehead, around your eyes, lips and cheeks. IMAGINE!!! If you
are angry once every day, means you accumulate wrinkled. Then, just WAIT!!! You
will be look older.

Sudden heart attack cause of DEATH, accounting for over
400,000 deaths every year in the U.S.

When you get angry your
heart rate increase the possible chest pain, dizziness and light-headedness can
be felt. That’s why it has been said that being angry is not good for the heart
for you might be facing also a high blood pressure. It is uncontrollable, then
can resulted into heart problems. Anger can actually reduce the heart's ability
to properly pump blood. REMEMBER!!! Heart is pump of life. Heart is like WATER
for fish. Without heart, human will be died. Right?

3.Do you think that YOU will look MACHO if
you’re angry? I don’t think so.

When you are angry, you feel
uncomfortable, you loss concentration, your physical energy is LOSS. Your diet
is also affected, you loss your appetite. This can lead to depression, anxiety,
some fall into drug addiction and alcoholism.

SO,
what’s for being angry?

What
should do/ how to control your anger?

1.Wudlu (Take Ablution)

your face will have a”
hot feeling” sensation, it is due to the presence of sudden flush of
blood. Then, water may fresh and reduce your anger.

2.Meditation

Take a DEEP BREATH and
count to 10. Meditation can allow you to breathe, relax, reflect on the
situation and take a critical look at why you're angry.

3.Try To Avoid
Instant Reactions

When
you tend to be angry, you react instantly, without thinking about the
consequences. A feasible way to control your anger is to avoid quick reactions
to situations that make you feel irritated. Train yourself to be patience,
rather than reacting strongly to something. Train to be forgivable. You do not
necessarily have to forgive the person with whom you are angry in a
face-to-face meeting; you can forgive in any way that works for you.

Benefit
avoiding being angry?

Besides,
avoiding anger may solve your problem faster and your friends are not afraid
beside you. The most important thing is YOU SAVE YOUR LIFESPAN

With chronic anger
people can also experience heart attacks, strokes, kidney problems, and many
other DANGEROUS illnesses.